The Confused Terminology and Changing Concept of Takayasu's Arteritis In 1908 the Japanese opihthalmologist, Takayasu, reported an unusual wreath-like vascular anastomosis surrounding the optic discs of a young female patient who was nearly iblind, biut who showed 'no general physical changes'. He was unalble to explain this abnormality. Laiter a colleague, Onishi, referred to a similar case wh...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of (18)F-FDG PET to identify aortitis and to localize and follow disease activity in patients with Takayasu arteritis. The value of using (18)F-FDG PET coregistered with enhanced CT in determining vascular lesion sites and inflammatory activity was assessed. METHODS Takayasu arteritis was diagnosed according to the predefined cr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Takayasu's arteritis is a nonspecific arteritis involving major cerebral arteries. The aim of our study is to examine cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism in Takayasu's arteritis with neurologic symptoms. METHODS We measured cerebral blood flow and metabolism using positron emission tomography in seven patients (14 to 59 years of age) with Takayasu's arteritis who devel...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Subarachnoid cysticercosis is a well-recognized cause of cerebral infarction. However, few patients with this infection develop cerebral infarction, and the reason for this is not known. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of cerebral arteritis in these patients. METHODS Using cerebral arteriography, we studied 28 patients with subarachnoid cysticercosi...

Intraperitoneal administration of CAWS (water-soluble extracellular polysaccharide fraction obtained from the culture supernatant of Candida albicans) to mice induces coronary arteritis similar to Kawasaki disease. We analyzed differences in the production of cytokines involved in the occurrence of coronary arteritis among mouse strains, C3H/HeN, C57BL/6, DBA/2 and CBA/J. The incidence of arter...

The clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical features of two cases of apparently isolated arteritis of the epididymis are presented. The aetiology and pathogenesis of the condition are discussed. Immunoglobulin and complement were shown in the acute arterial lesions, but this is not conclusive evidence that isolated arteritis is either an immune complex disease or a forme fruste of polya...

The association of ulcerative colitis with Takayasu's arteritis is rarely reported. The occurrence of the two together is possibly related to a common pathophysiology involving alteration in immune mechanisms. Takayasu's arteritis is more prevalent in Japan and South East Asia whereas Ulcerative Colitis is more in Western countries. The coexistence of these two diseases is uncommon and hence th...

A 58-year-old woman had a clinical history compatible with polymyalgia rheumatica but with an unexplained interstitial lung disease. Evaluation, including biopsy specimens of temporal artery, lung, and gastrocnemius muscle, was consistent with giant cell arteritis. This case identifies giant cell arteritis as a cause of interstitial lung disease.

Giant cell arteritis often affects extra-cranial vessels and may not present as a classical cranial arteritis. It must be considered in patients over 50 with constitutional symptoms and raised inflammatory markers. Initial investigations are usually non-specific, but positron emission tomography–computed tomography is normally diagnostic. Prompt treatment with corticosteroids is required for th...

Abstract Objectives Use of sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles (MB) with ultrasound can provide arterial wall enhancement. The use ultrafast imaging MB super-localization offers the possibility localization microscopy (ULM) and thus a visualization in vivo carotid vasa vasorum. We aim to perform Vasa vasorum Takayasu's arteritis correlation disease's activity. Methods Patients Takayasu were conse...